i just made that last photo into my desktop!
On 5/19/2012 9:57 PM, Manuel Acosta wrote:
Nothing beats New Bike Day. Rode the new bike to work. It was funny
because my student's seem more excited about the bike then I am. LIke
any new shiny thing with wheels, all the kids wanted to ride it. I'm
not good at describing the feel of a new steel bike so I'll quote some
of the things the kids say. " So smooth", " The pedals are smart", "
This bike feels so right!" was the general conversation after
students took turns riding it around the school. So since school got
out early I took the long way home. Decided to see if there was a way
to bike from Ed Levin to Mission Peak. There is but not an easy way.
The maiden bike voyage turned into a maiden hike the bike uphills.
But the new bike got dirty so all was well.
It's kind of hard to describe how guilt ridden I felt having to
receive such a nice gift. Call it my stubbornness to accept help or my
pride of having to try and deal with my mistakes on my own. Having
gotten to talk to a bunch of people on the forum in person they really
helped me understand that it's okay to accept other people's help.
Grant put in better words "Everybody who helps you will be getting
more out of it than they're giving, so you can legitimately think of
this as a gift the givers are giving to themselves." It's interesting
to note that despite how amazing this gesture is that the lovely
folks at Rivendell HQ didn't make a huge deal about it. Which made me
feel a lot more comfortable about accepting the bike, since it was
done a month ago. (alas I don't check my voice messages) It was funny
because of how awkward I felt during the last few months about the
bike I didn't really have the courage to ask about the progress or if
it was even done. I figured when the bike was ready and the time was
right it would be done.
This bike is more meaningful to me knowing that so many people were
willing to contribute in so many ways. It's hard to even express a
really thank you over a simple forum, so I'll just do it through
pictures.
Because pictures proved how grateful I am.
http://flic.kr/s/aHsjzqBUdq
-Manny "Now to get it dirty" Acosta
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